On Monday's Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann used his regular "Worst Person in the World" segment to accuse the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Michael Mullen, of trying to "fake" a "Gulf of Tonkin" incident with Iran over the recent U.S. Navy confrontation with Iranian navy speed boats in the Strait of Hormuz. Referring to reports that, out of five Iranian boats, only one unarmed boat approached the U.S. Navy ships, and that the threatening message received could have come from a "well-known marine heckler" of the area, Olbermann awarded the "Worst Person" dishonor to Mullen: "So you guys tried to fake another Gulf of Tonkin incident using some clown with a CB radio and the lethal threat posed by the S.S. Minnow? Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen, on behalf of the Bush administration, today's 'Worst Person in the World'!"
Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the regular "Worst Person in the World" segment from the Monday January 14 Countdown show on MSNBC:
KEITH OLBERMANN: Our winner, your friendly U.S. government, epitomized here by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mullen. This is about the little thing in the Straits of Hormuz, which the administration tried to sell as a near act of war by Iranian patrol boats against three giant U.S. warships, complete with provocative maneuvers and somebody radioing the U.S. ships, quote, "I am coming to you. You will explode after minutes." Admiral Mullen, it was, who said of the video of the incident, "To my knowledge, I have not seen one as both provocative and dramatic as this." Five minutes later, though, he added: "First of all, I haven't seen the full video myself." Now, the Navy Times newspaper echoes a lot of online reporting saying that the threatening radio message may have come from a well-known marine heckler whose radio abuse is legendary around the Persian Gulf. Oh, and that the only Iranian boat that actually came close to one of the U.S. warships was unarmed. So you guys tried to fake another Gulf of Tonkin incident using some clown with a CB radio and the lethal threat posed by the S.S. Minnow? Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen, on behalf of the Bush administration, today's "Worst Person in the World"!
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Hey Keith dont' bitch about
January 15, 2008 - 01:26 ET by BlazerHey Keith dont' bitch about the J.C.'s faking a "Gulf Of Tonkin" when you fake being an objective journalist everyday. Pot,kettle,black Keith.Your propoganda would make Willaim Joyce, Phillipe Henriot and Leni Riefenstahl turn green with envy if they were alive.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
The only thing real to Mister Olberdoodle
January 15, 2008 - 12:08 ET by kgThe only thing real to Mister Olberdoodle with regard to terrorism is the white powder we received in the mail which was found to be harmless but he rushed himself to the hospital anyway.
Keefy
January 15, 2008 - 01:29 ET by jsimoneguiseppe46 Why oh why is Keefy such a degenerate? Because he hates who he is, or is it what he is!
Anyone who says they
January 15, 2008 - 01:43 ET by kathleenirishAnyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar.
Keithy and Puffy can't get to hell fast enough. Screw them. Scum-of-the-earth, all of them and their traitor buds.
Yeah, Keith, the USS Cole
January 15, 2008 - 07:41 ET by motherbeltYeah, Keith, the USS Cole incident is SO "last century!"
Uh...we didn't do anything
January 15, 2008 - 01:57 ET by obxrayUh...we didn't do anything to them.No one at the time knew who the guy on the radio was. Boats running up close to a war ship.Media reports it.All done. What in the hell is this freak talking about. What this guy is doing has got to be illegal in some way. Im all for free speech but this is like yelling fire in a theater. You know this guy never goes out in public I'm sure.
Hey Keith
January 15, 2008 - 02:03 ET by SouthernRootsYou bloody moron.
U.S.S. Cole was damaged by "S.S.Guppy", and 19 sailors lost their lives.
Your idiotic and self-serving gas bagging belittles them and the danger posed by a small craft that got too close.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. - J.B. Books (John Wayne)
Right! The central fact
January 15, 2008 - 10:07 ET by dscottRight! The central fact omitted by Uber Dumber, the power of the explosives more than made up for the size of the boat used to deliver them to the USS Cole.
The Iranians are employing the same tactics of the suicide bombers using bomb vests, truck bombs or car bombs, except in this case it's a few people riding in a boat. They know very well that they can't slug it out ship to ship as their Navy would be toast within the first few minutes of engagement. They have resorted to the gnat swarming tactic. And they have the brass to push the envelop as much as possible since the British didn't properly respond to their situation and the NIE report gave them lots of cover.
But we all should realize why the Iranians are doing this, it's about the price of oil, every time they push the envelop, the price of oil goes up. The Iranians are attempting to get as much money for their oil as possible and more importantly attempting to push the US into recession. Sustained oil price hikes have virtually always triggered a recession in the US. They know "it's the economy stupid" that will influence US politics and are counting on a Dem victory in 2008 just as they counted on it in 2007 to hobble Bush in Iraq. It didn't work that time since W has more brass than the Dems have spine. Now they the Iranians are going for the brass ring, a Dem in the Whitehouse will help their agenda as Dems will let the UN take over the international relations issues under the guise of international cooperation. We all saw how that worked under Clinton and Carter!
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. dscott's corollary: The line between malice and stupidity is called depraved indifference.
Proof that K.O. is a M.I.G.S. of the "Enemy Within" crowd.
January 15, 2008 - 02:14 ET by R D Helmhttp://www.dailykos....
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
I notice they've disabled
January 15, 2008 - 02:39 ET by Gary P JacksonI notice they've disabled the comments to Keith's rant. Could it be that Keith got the same amount of love from the Kos Kids that he did from Playboy readers?
That's a rant???
January 15, 2008 - 08:53 ET by motherbeltI was prepared to have my socks knocked off!
Keithie is really off his feed, isn't he?
The Modern Liberal Movement in a Wit
January 15, 2008 - 23:32 ET by reasonsjesterI found on DailyKo[ok]s one "vigilant meerkat" who had the following tagline:
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse. ~ Lily Tomlin
If that doesn't some up the Leftist movement, I don't know what does!
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
Olbermann, shilling for the
January 15, 2008 - 02:31 ET by rbosqueOlbermann, shilling for the enemy yet again....
If Olbermann were actually covering news..
January 15, 2008 - 02:33 ET by mastersofdeceitHe would have covered IAEAs ElBaradei's again failed visit to Iran this weekend. Kicking the can down the road another month. Yeah I guess we'll have all the answers in a month. I know ElBaradei has never stopped a single nation from getting nukes, but I really have faith in him on this one./
"But so far he has made little progress in persuading Iran to stop the controversial process of enriching uranium." Ooops.
But that would be Keith actually doing reporting, and I would fall over into a coma brought about by shock.
Ideas Keith would never raise or ask.
World War II gave us Tokyo Rose and Lord Haw Haw...
January 15, 2008 - 03:11 ET by Army BratThe war on the terrorists of radical Islam gives us Olberdork and Rosie. He, like so many other folks that are blind to the threat that Islam presents and biased by their narrow view of history, will believe absolutely anything that our enemies feed him, and nothing that comes from his own countrymen. Traitor is too kind a word for this sack o' crap.
(Is that really what his head looks like or is someone "Max Headrooming" us? Human skin just doesn't look like that!)
Feed your brain cell Olberdork...it's clearly starving to death. (As well as dying of loneliness.)
Happy Trails...
Tokyo Rose was jailed. So
January 15, 2008 - 11:14 ET by NL207Tokyo Rose was jailed. So was Axis Sally. Lord Haw Haw was hung ....
ElBaradei Still Polishing his 2005 Nobel "Peace" Prize...
January 15, 2008 - 09:40 ET by reasonsjesterOr is the Nobel Submission Prize now? There's always room for more "dhimmitude" in the Western world you know...
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
Inspired by a Democrats
January 15, 2008 - 02:53 ET by Lame CherryI honestly long ago had enough of Keeter Olberman and so would like him to list me sometime as I doubt Mike Mullen will do anything about it.
In Olberman's case though, I would be inspired by 2 Democrats. The wonderful Zell Miller in threatening to fight a duel with that sissy Chris Matthews........and Andrew Jackson who said he had 2 regrets as President in not shooting Henry Clay and hanging his Vice President. John Calhoun.
I realize it is quite illegal to fight a duel as sissy's like Olberman passed laws to protect them, but it would be a price I would willingly pay to call out this smarmy Keeter Olberman, let him choose his pistol, walk 10 paces and no matter if the loud mouth put one in my chest or not to stand like Andy Jackson and drive a ball into Olberman's.
Life or Death, the liberty as Nathan Hale proclaimed is a worthy price as Mike Mullen has just been slandered, defamed and called a liar.
I would take that quite personal and like Zell Miller and Andy Jackson figure the cost of a duel well worth the price of one's own good name.
Words are cheap and flow so freely now. The real men are in Iraq and Afghanistan speaking with munitions. Perhaps Larry Craig would sponsor a bill to rescind the law against the duel.........if only for a day.
Now there would not be any delight in shooting down a vocabulary assassin named Keeter Olberman, but risking one's life in the defense of one's name is a most glorious and gallant honor.
So Keeter, I or some other American await your tongue assassination to offer our challenge upon deerskin gloves slapping your face. We will use your pistols as you must have some being a man.........I do not know any of the people around you who are not cowards like yourself to be your second..........but I will choose Dick Cheney as my second with Anton Scalia to call off the paces.
Your heroic Democrats can not be wrong Keeter. Come let us play like men.........if you have the muster.
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When is America going to
January 15, 2008 - 03:09 ET by DCC1When is America going to wake up and see that these people are flat out traders? I call for the prosecustion and execution of K.O. and all other traders to the United States of America. Period!
Crazies to the left, and Whimps to the right
Gulf of Tonkin: google it
January 15, 2008 - 03:41 ET by USA4freedomGulf of Tonkin: google it A$$ hole, it was a Democrat in charge.
Not only are you a jerk, but stupid. (As my Dad would say): Water finds it own level.
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. Ronald Reagan- 40th Anniversary of D-Day
Not sure what the hell your
January 15, 2008 - 07:49 ET by DCC1Not sure what the hell your problem is, I think you didn't understand my point, perhaps KO threw you off hint KO= Kieth Olbermann. What I was trying to get across is that I am sick and tired of this bastard going out and making these false accusations at the US military and government officials. He has gone way beyond his 1st amendment rights, and is an outright enemy to the USA. For this Olbermann should be charged with Treason under article 3 section 3 of the United States constitution under the grounds of giving aid and comfort to the enemy, if not physically, he has certainly drumed up aid with his outreach to them, and I would be willing to bet an investigation into his background would dig up even more.
People like him threaten the longterm survival of this nation and should not be tolerated.
DCC1, I think USA's barb was
January 15, 2008 - 08:03 ET by motherbeltDCC1, I think USA's barb was aimed at KO, not you.
Pray tell what are the traders
January 15, 2008 - 03:57 ET by mastersofdeceittrading? And I agree, I call for the prosecustion of KO Whatever that is.
It's "traitors" Merlin.
January 15, 2008 - 04:00 ET by mostlymoderateIt's "traitors" Merlin. :0) Sorry, this whole article has made me upset.
What... execute even Trader
January 15, 2008 - 08:14 ET by Jack BauerWhat... execute even Trader Vics?
Seems a tad harsh.
Blech!
January 15, 2008 - 13:38 ET by Del DolemonteSad to say, Trader Vic's "mai tais" have gone way downhill. I tried a couple a few years ago on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from LAX to Honolulu, and they were un-drinkable.
Give me mai tai's or give
January 15, 2008 - 13:42 ET by Jack BauerGive me mai tai's or give me death!
Then death it is!!!!
And one more thing
January 15, 2008 - 23:22 ET by reasonsjesterThere are many folks on Wall Street who resemble that remark.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
The guy who pays him
January 15, 2008 - 03:53 ET by KC MulvilleOlbermann is a bomb thrower, and he's getting closer and closer to throwing that grenade too close to himself. Remember, Howard Beale died at the end of "Network." But I don't worry so much about Keith (who, being what he is, can't help himself).
I worry about the guy who's paying him to be a bombthrower. Why would someone broadcast this nonsense? It's like the nasty neighbor who turns the radio up loud, just to piss everybody off.
Now he's ridiculing the top military man in the country. Good luck with that.
I found the video on
January 15, 2008 - 04:06 ET by mostlymoderateI found the video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.c...
When will America educate
January 15, 2008 - 04:36 ET by wiwfWhen will America educate themselves and ween themselves off of the spoonfed propaganda of the MSM?
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Good post mostlymoderate
January 15, 2008 - 09:30 ET by reasonsjesterThe Christopher Columbus take was pretty daft also. Blaming Columbus for being an explorer and getting syphilis is pretty inane. The fact that Columbus killed and raped people in the New World is substantiated, and he should be condemned for that. But believing that the New World should have been kept "pristine" for savages who ran around playing soccer with human skulls is pretty moronic itself.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
BATH-TUB-BOY...
January 15, 2008 - 04:43 ET by danybhoyHere is the bottom line about BathTubBoy & other liberals/progressives/hippies/marxists/elitists on this subject...
They attack what will do them no real harm, while they downplay those who would kill them if possible. Bush, Cheney, the US military, O'Reilly, El-Rushbo, FoxNews, & conservative talk radio are all "enemies" to BathTubBoy & his like minded idiots. But they will never have to fear any real threats from them. But they don't fear our real enemies because this country does everything it can to defend us from them at all costs. Even if the left opposes most of what makes that possible.
BathTubBoy is the real fake, like other icons the left get their "news & informantion" from, Stewert, Colbert, & Mahar, none of them are actual journalists. BathTubBoy should either put up or shut up. He never has an opposing viewpoint on his show, which is what made MSNBC's Iowa coverage funny, since Mathews was openly cheering on Obama, & since BathTubBoy is a longtime shill for the Clintons. He was in waaaaaaay over his head, I wonder if those who oversee MSNBC/NBCnews noticed? How long will it take them to notice?
"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise" Mark Levin
Olermaner
January 15, 2008 - 04:50 ET by SlicksterIs a angry self loathing coward, he hates the very people that allow him to whine, snivel and spew hate.
First of all, who would
January 15, 2008 - 07:20 ET by ArchConservativeFirst of all, who would ever take seriously someone who calls people that are not murdering or raping the "worst person in the world"? Apparently the answer is neo-progressives. Hillary saying that Obama hasn't done the "spadework" isn't grounds for this? Comparing Bush to Hitler isn't grounds for this? Murdering 3000 innocents on 9/11 or cheering on the hijackers isn't grounds for this? No, just a member of the JCOS who was trying to protect his troops from a nation that has vowed to destroy Israel and mushroom cloud us.
To all of you who will sit out this November, remember that these are people you are putting in office with your non-votes.
You support the troops by supporting the mission! If you don't support the mission, have the guts to say you don't support the troops.
No, But Seriously!
January 15, 2008 - 08:20 ET by CrashShortly afterward Olbie went off to his sandbox to play with his Tonka trucks and Tinker Toys.
If a bear craps in the woods and a truther isn't around to step in it ...?
If I watched this butthole
January 15, 2008 - 08:48 ET by ConservativeRexIf I watched this butthole I'd know who to boycott. But as it is every one, and I mean every one, in the military is laughing at this idiot! They think of him as literally being insane. This wussy was a sportscaster..
"Worst Person in the World" segment from October 12, 2000...
January 15, 2008 - 09:16 ET by reasonsjesterOlbermann: "Well hellooooo! Today's 'worst person in the world' - the 17 men and women who perished aboard the U.S.S. Cole! The sailors stupidly sat like ducks in the Port of Aden when a lone boat approached the giant U.S. warship and detonated an explosive device into the hull. I mean, how stupid is our U.S. Navy? The men and women aboard the U.S.S. Cole - today's 'worst person in the world!'"
Obviously, I don't intend to make light of the tragic deaths of our best and brightest that horrendous day in October. What I intend to point out is the hypocrisy of yea-hoos like Olbermann who don't remember history in any appreciable way, and thus make assinine statements like the ones he did on air Monday. The U.S.S. Cole bombing demonstrates the axiom that we have to be right 100% of the time, and the terrorists only have to be right once. If MSNBC wanted to be fair, the "Worst Person in the World" for that ominous date in October would have been Bill Clinton, who did virtually nothing to respond to the terrorists (except give a speech), and who demonstrated to bin Laden and al Qaeda the wrongheaded idea that America is full of cowards. Bush has proven that idea wrong by taking the fight to the enemy where he lay, in the face of disastrous public opinion and a media that has been merciless and reckless in their pursuit of destroying his presidency.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
traitor
January 15, 2008 - 10:04 ET by dronetekWhat evidence does he have for these claims? Why does MSNBC believe they can just denigrate our Navy like that, without anything to back it up? How long are we all going to just sit and take this crap?
I know we deal with this kind of ridicuoulous bias everyday, but this is WAY over the line....
Naval Times
January 15, 2008 - 10:16 ET by capavSounds official, right? It's a privately owned newspaper that is majorly left-wing. He gets his info. from the most "reliable" sources. (Media Matters, Daily Kos, Huffington Post, etc., etc.)
msnbc idiot
January 15, 2008 - 11:43 ET by prendadMessage for Keith Olbermann: My dog asked me to tell you that he is very horny and you are late for your weekly visit.
aaagh
January 15, 2008 - 12:15 ET by Forbin001If I had to guess....and Im just guessing here....is Zucker and the top brass at NBC actually like being in last place in the cable TV wars rankings...because there is NO WAY Olbermans show will draw 1-2 million people with this preposterous commentary.
So again, I think NBC likes being at the bottom of the pile....seriously :>\
Prendad, your dog has very
January 16, 2008 - 00:31 ET by MikeBPrendad, your dog has very poor taste, and should be euthanized immediately.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Olbermann=wackjob
January 15, 2008 - 12:27 ET by SFCMACThe leftwing is so deranged with hatred of America, that they have become the black hole of nihilism. Blaming U.S. armed forces for "faking" an act of harassment by a hostile enemy.... Just when you thought they could'nt get more asinine....
"On the Eighth Day God Created the United States Army and the Devil Stood at Attention"
Yes, folks... THIS is the
January 15, 2008 - 12:30 ET by i was just thinkingYes, folks... THIS is the man who runs PMSNBC! They must be so proud.
As Rosie would Say...
January 15, 2008 - 12:42 ET by Airforce_5_OAll I have to say is "Head up Arse". Google it Keith.
For the left everything must
January 15, 2008 - 13:25 ET by FlashmanFor the left everything must be seen through the prism of Vietnam.
Keith Olbermann: Todays
January 15, 2008 - 14:31 ET by ckc1227Keith Olbermann: Todays dumbest person in the world. Likely tomorrow's too, though, to be fair, he has plenty of competition on his side of the aisle.
Maybe you haven't noticed.....
January 15, 2008 - 15:02 ET by notinstl...but we never seem to see Keith and Rosie O'donnell at the same place at the same time......hmmmmmm
Olbermann
January 15, 2008 - 15:11 ET by lhbarnesOlbermann, I would just tell you to go back to the sports desk, but you weren't worth a crap there, either. What a sorry excuse for an American.